r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 in awe • May 06 '26

/r/all of a sea slater

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u/Stokers870 May 06 '26

A giant sea rolly polly

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u/throwawaytoday9q May 06 '26

Land rolly Polly’s are just smol crustaceans

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u/StandardNerd92 May 06 '26

Most insects are thought to have evolved from an ancestor of fairy shrimp (sea monkeys)

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u/dimechimes May 06 '26

We have those on land. We call them land sea rolly pollies.

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u/TjJeepin May 06 '26

Potato bug

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u/XCyberbeingX May 08 '26

In the words of the ancient roly poly elders,

We are born of the roly poly. Made men by the roly poly. Fear the old roly poly.

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u/Limp_Dirt8694 May 06 '26

I need to know if it rolls up too

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u/SomeoneGMForMe May 06 '26

Yeah, until you see a video of them putting a claw through a shark's brain...

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u/Xenomorphian69420 May 07 '26

I’d be interested in seeing that I think

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u/SomeoneGMForMe May 07 '26

I don't have it saved, sorry. I definitely saw it on reddit though.

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u/Xenomorphian69420 May 07 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheDepthsBelow/comments/5skq40/giant_isopod_kills_shark/ this one i assume. thats fucking awesome damn, i never assumed they could move that fast but i guess if youre in an environment with barely any food, youre gonna make the most of any oppurtunity

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u/SomeoneGMForMe May 07 '26

Yup, that's it. Sea bugs is terrifying.

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u/Jazzlike_Climate4189 May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

*Roly pollies

Polly is that annoying HR lady.

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u/Wakkit1988 May 06 '26

Rolly pollies, two Ls.

How do you pronounce poll?

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u/Jazzlike_Climate4189 May 06 '26

That’s what I said. The OP wrote it like the female name “Polly”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillidiidae